WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Large explosion at the northern base of Mount Suribachi, probably during the pre-landing bombardment of Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	LCMs and LVTs off Blue Beach, Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

LCS(L) off Iwo Jima's eastern shore during the initial landings, 19 Feb 1945	LCS(L), in right center, bombarding the shore, probably during the pre-landing bombardment of Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

LCS(L)-31 or LCS(L)-36 and a LCVP operating off Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Light cruiser Vincennes and two Fletcher-class destroyers off Iwo Jima in the morning of 19 Feb 1945

LSMs off Iwo Jima's eastern beaches, 19 Feb 1945; note the one on left was hit and was afire and M4 Sherman tanks on the beach	LVTs headed for landing beaches on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945

LVTs off Iwo Jima with cruiser Vincennes and a Fletcher-class destroyer in background, 19 Feb 1945	LVTs underway off an Iwo Jima beach currently under bombardment, 19 Feb 1945

LVTs underway off Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945	M4 Sherman tanks and Americans on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945

Several LCS(L)s guided landing craft toward the beach off Iwo Jima, probably on 19 Feb 1945	Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945

Smoke and explosions on Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945	Smoke rising from Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945

Starshells or other pyrotechnics over Iwo Jima, night of 19 Feb 1945, photo 1 of 2	Starshells or other pyrotechnics over Iwo Jima, night of 19 Feb 1945, photo 2 of 2

Two beached and one broached LVTs on an Iwo Jima beach, 19 Feb 1945	Two LCI(L)s off Iwo Jima at what appeared to be dawn, probably during the pre-landing bombardment, 19 Feb 1945